Disclosure ‘progress’ in inquest of Long Kesh internee shot dead in escape bid

Mr Coney, known to his family as Gerard, was shot in the back by a British soldier as he and other internees tried to escape the prion camp, which became the Maze Prison

Inmates at work on the garden at the Maze Prison (formerly Long Kesh), near Belfast, Northern Ireland. Picture: PA

The preliminary inquest into a Co Tyrone man shot dead while trying to escape from Long Kesh in 1974 has been told that there is “a lot of progress” concerning disclosure.

The death of Hugh Gerard Coney, 24, from Coalisland was the subject of a preliminary hearing on Monday.